If you are perfect in brown nosing you would do amazing on this job!! They don’t care about what you know but who you know and what you can do for them! The lack diversity in management! They have no African American managers in the corporate office! They have no compassion and no work life balance!! If you value your life and family DONT WORK HERE!!!

At first I thought it was going to be a pretty decent job. I was hired as a driver. But it is not the type of job where someone offloads it for you. You drive to a spot and you and your other person offload the whole truck.One day I worked 16 Hours with only a 30 minute lunch break. That was the day that did it in for me. I will say the job is not for everyone.Management was very good to work with though.

If you're a rookie looking for experience in the supply game. It's the only benefit. If you're a veteran thinking you're making a better career move. I promise you it will be the biggest mistake that you will make. I've never ever worked for a company that %95 percent of the employees either quit or get fired. This could just be the Kearny, NJ branch. But what I see in the comments it seems to be a trend. I would by far tell you to stay away from this company. From the office positions to the outside it's horrible experience. The manager there does not care who he throws under the bus to cover his own behind. You tell me who's the problem when every year you have a completely new staff from top to bottom ? I was one of the smart ones that found a great position else where while still being employeed by them. Don't give this horrible company the joy of firing yet another great employee put in a horrible position.

They love to ask you take on extra responsibility, to do more then you were hired for. Then when you ask for more compensation for the extra responsibility they say they will take care of you on the next review and then tell you no one that works there has a specific job and every one is required to do everything.

How can they tell you aren't doing your job if they wont give you a specific list of tasks or area of responsibility?

Management does not care about you Your just a body to them easily replaceable no trust always watching your back I will say they are very big on safety to the point you can’t do your job effectively and then your always asked what took so long. Very stressful

There is a lack of diversity in the leadership ranks. The VP of HR is an awesome woman but the company is filled with a lot of men that are resistant to change. The recruiting team operates more like an internal staffing agency which makes the the job extremely difficult. There is not a partnership or a mutual respect between the field partners and the recruiting team. Please understand that not everyone of the field partners are challenging, I did meet a couple that truly tried to help and were open to new processes. However, the majority are extremely resistant and don't mind telling you they do not like your ideas.

Pros

corporate culture is very laid back, compensation is fair

Cons

lack of diversity in leadership, resistance to change, lack of support

GMS is an amazing company where opportunities are truly unlimited. Everyone works very hard and treats everyone with respect. Everyone enjoys coming to work every day and gets to do what they love. What I enjoy most is the people in this company. Our company is growing rapidly and our benefits are unbeatable!

The hardest part when your new is securing the load FAST as heck because drivers don’t get paid hourly they get paid by footage so they will rush the heck out of you. Me personally I don’t like working like that....I could do it just not that fast like the seasoned vets...

Management was cool ...made it a cool experience.

You do about 4 to 5 deliveries a day each one taking anywhere from 45 min or even less to an hour and a half or so.

Most of the time is on the road in between the deliveries then heading back to the shop picking up your next delivery then off you go.

I would have liked to stay there but I’m positioning myself to be where I want to be in life at this point, pursuing my goals and just working at a place like that isn’t ideal for me because I really don’t like people talking to me disrespectfully just because they are having a bad day and they have been there 15-20 years making it ok. Any job I’ve ever had when I’ve been there a long time and some one was new I went out of my way to make them feel welcome and was patient as they learned the job. It’s not rocket science. But the location I was at had a small tight crew and they are comfortable with each other so who am I to say anything. Those guys know what they are doing, they do it fast and they make BANK. Management is cool too, I was kinda awkward being the only minority there but that’s probably a personal issue than an actual issue at the company. Anyway I’m sure somebody out there is willing to work very hard and make good money...it really is a workout for sure delivering sheets of drywall.

"Boss" was an uninformed born again hypocrite. He cherry picked the top accounts from my territory and made them house accounts so he would get the $$. He played favorites and never pulled his weight but took all the credit for the branch successes. He was bi polar and upper management knew it.

Management an coworkers are all backstabbers. If you don't be in any group which the managers are in then forget about it you won't last that long. All their equipment needs to be repair not dot possible.

Management seems more like a club. The ethics team members that are supposed to help resolve issues are part of this club. Poor pay for the work especially if you're a driver. Management hires family and as a result the work load is unfair.